Geranium robertianum L., 1753 43% complete

Mountain geranium

Sp. Pl.: 681 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced11 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded13 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 681 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Mountain geranium No source recorded
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Observations Temp. Northern Hemisphere, Macaronesia, N. Africa to Ethiopia No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 25 cm
  • 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 41 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 86, 161, 164, 175, 178, 449, 503, 526, 655, 775, 842, 882, 918
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Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 25 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 161, 164, 174, 175, 178, 220, 500, 655, 918
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Flower color purple Sourced
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Fruit shape mericarp Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 40 cm
  • 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 86, 161, 164, 175, 178, 449, 503, 526, 655, 775, 842, 882, 918
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Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep Differs from sources
Duration annual, biennial
  • annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 86, 164, 175, 178, 203, 882, 918
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 6 / 9 · moderately humid air No source recorded
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Ground humidity 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous)
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
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Light 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 6.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 5.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)
  • 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
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Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
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Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record